Porsche 991 gt3 rs

911 / Celebrity Cars / Porsche By Andrew Nabors June 7, 2018 Shares Facebook LinkedIn Tweet Google+ Pin StumbleUpon Reddit Email As a Porsche Werks driver, Mark Webber was a brilliant racer in the World Endurance Championship. As the director of Porsche’s GT program, Andeas Preuninger knows how to find horsepower in the most unlikely of places.Related Cars For SaleAll Porsches For Sale911 GT2911 GT3911 GT3 RS911 R911 Turbo S918 SpyderCarrera GTCayman GT4PanameraSo in a YouTube video uploaded this morning, these two discuss the finer points of the 991.2 GT3 RS. Compared to the 2016 (991.1) model, they deleted every last piece of insulation for a gain of over 6 lbs. To make the engine more robust, the diameter of the crank was increased, and it is fully cross-drilled to keep the rod bearings happy.Most Epic Hypercar Drag Races Include Porsche 911 GT1 vs Mercedes CLK GTRThis was done to tune out new harmonics caused by the … [Read more...] about Porsche 911 GT3 RS Talk w/ Mark Webber & Andeas Preuninger

5/29/2018 8:26 est Filed to: Porsche Accidents By: Bradley Brownell Comment Dashcam footage out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday shows a careless driver in a Malaysian-built Proton weaving through traffic at breakneck speeds ultimately ending with the passing car smashing into the race-inspired Porsche and both cars ending up in the barrier. It's clear to see what the driver of the Proton was attempting to do here, but it was an utter failure in the long run. From the perspective of the camera car, they'd come up from the left hand lane behind the GT3 RS, and attempted to pass the Porsche (in the slow lane) by shifting over to the right one lane, directly in front of the camera car. At the same time, a fourth car was entering that lane from further right, closing down two lanes in short order. While I don't really know Malaysian traffic laws, I'm forced to assume the Proton driver will be the one charged at fault. According to Carscoops.com, the driver of the Proton does not … [Read more...] about Porsche 991 GT3 RS Taken Out By Weaving Proton Driver

It’s quite a farewell In 2019 this generation of 911 will cease production, and that will be the end of 991.2 generation 911, the last of these naturally aspirated marvels. As ever, Porsche is clearing its throat for its swansong by introducing the GT3 RS of this model. It is, in Porsche’s words, ‘the closest link to motorsport we have ever had’. Which means there is a sort of inevitably about us finding ourselves strapped in next to Walter Rohl on a lap of the Nurburgring GP circuit. Porsche 911 GT3 RS Price: £141,000 The 4.0-litre engine has no forced induction to help it make 513bhp and it’s very like the engine in the 911 Cup car, as is the rose-jointed suspension, as are the spring rates in the suspension. So, quite track-oriented then. It’s full of tech but to get it off the line there’s a problem. Walter Rohl has to find the key. Yes it has a key to fire up the ignition. How marvellous. The engine zings, responding incredibly … [Read more...] about Porsche 911 GT3 RS review: tiny details add up

Porsche was able to set a new lap record with the 991.2 GT3 RS at the Nurburgring with the kind help of the GM development team that had booked the track for testing the Corvette ZR1. Apparently Porsche had forgot to book the track in advance so instead, they just showed up there that morning, only to find out that the Corvette team had booked the Nurburgring for the whole day. “We went there, pretty much the first to arrive at the track, with an official and two stop watches,” Oliver Berg, Porsche GT product manager, told Motormouth. “Most of the engineers here know each other,” said Berg, “Because they’re always testing at the Nürburgring, and there is real camaraderie between them, a nice atmosphere.” The Corvette team gave the Weissach boys an hour of their track time in order to attempt a new lap record with the 991.2 GT3 RS. As it turned out, Porsche didn’t need an hour to start posting lap times in the sixes. “When we … [Read more...] about How GM Helped The New Porsche 911 GT3 RS Set A New Record ‘Ring Lap

ISLE OF MAN — A line of Porsche 911 GT3 RS cars, spanning several generations, splays out along the narrow two-lane road. The Isle of Man is damp, rain sputters against the grassy hills, and as we climb Snaefell mountain road, each car in succession is obliterated by fog. Suddenly, I'm alone in the oldest and most precious of the lot, an original 2.7 RS, feeling my way up the mountain at a snail's pace, peering ahead at the massive RS wings swimming in and out of the mist. There'd be breaks in the weather in the day ahead, to rip the mountain air in short, delicious bursts, but first I had to get out of this fog without punting any sheep, or worse. The original 911 2.7 RS is a screamer, or at least it was in its day. By the standards of its descendants, it's almost sedate. And there's no real comparison to its explosive, searingly green successor — a 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS with the Weissach Package, which is the main event — or at least, it would have been, with dry … [Read more...] about 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS meets its parents at the Isle of Man

Mark Webber is sitting across from me in the driver's seat of a new Porsche 911 GT3 RS, trademark grin wide on his semi-bearded face. "Good, right?" Webber had been at the Nurburgring the week before when Lars Kern set a new record at the Nordschleife for naturally-aspirated production cars, breaking the notorious seven minute mark and coming in at 6:56.4. So, yeah, it's good. I had just got a full-on taste of the car for myself at the Nurburgring Grand Prix course, circling the 3.1-mile circuit a dozen times. My blood was already up, and then I asked F1 and Le Mans champ Webber to take me around in a "Lizard green" Weissach model. Two incredibly swift laps — in a light rain — and then we pull back into the pits. Heat radiates off the Michelin Cup 2 tires and the titanium rear pipes glow despite the 45 degree temps and light rain in the Eiffel mountains. "The car just gives you such confidence," Webber is saying, "whether you're a weekend warrior or one of us." By one … [Read more...] about 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Track Test Review: The indomitable track rat

Er, yeah, so, spoiler alert: it's quite good. The new Porsche 911 GT3 RS, of second-gen 991 generation, is here. And it'll stay here until the next-generation 911 (the 992) knocks the current 911 out of production next year. The accessibility stuff first: it's £141,346 and not strictly limited in numbers, per se, but you'll know how it is if you've tried to get one: there won't be enough. There's a Weissach Pack (28kg lighter) coming later too. Production is limited by supplier deals and how many Porsche can squeeze down the line while fulfilling other 911 orders, plus the fact that its emissions mean it's homologated for 1,000 units in the EU this year (registered before September), before it'll have to be fitted with a petrol particulate filter (which later on it will be). Right. That sorted, now the interesting bits. The GT3 RS is, in a way, a GT2 RS but with a naturally-aspirated motor. Suspension is, like the 2, rose/heim/rod end bearing jointed, for immense precision. The … [Read more...] about Porsche 911 GT3 RS: Driven

The 991.2 Porsche 11 GT3 RS made its debut barely a month ago and already, the track beast has set a lap time of 6:56.4 on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.The GT3 RS is one of only three production sports cars from Porsche to lap the ‘Ring in under seven minutes. The 918 Spyder recorded a time of 6:57 back in 2013, and the 911 GT2 RS became the quickest production car to hit the Nürburgring by achieving a time of 6:47.03 last year.Porsche works race driver Kévin Estre piloted the GT3 RS to its impressive new lap time. The car came in 24 seconds quicker around the ‘Ring than its predecessor.Packing a 4.0-liter flat-six, the GT3 RS makes 520 hp and 346 lb-ft of torque. It’s paired exclusively to a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic, and according to Porsche, can hit 60 mph in just 3.0 seconds. Top speed is 193 mph.The GT3 RS borrows its aero and lightweighting technologies from the standard GT3 while also tacking on a magnesium roof and … [Read more...] about Porsche 911 GT3 RS Clocks 6:56.4 on the Nurburgring Nordschleife

The new Porsche 911 GT3 RS is out. This is the second and final GT3 RS that will be based on the current 991 platform, which is set to be replaced by a 992 generation later this year. What a bow out for the ultimate motorsports Porsche for the road. The 4.0 litre six-cylinder naturally aspirated engine has been massaged to put out 20 hp more for 520 hp at 8,250 rpm. The same engine in the previous GT3 RS and current standard GT3 is rated at 500 hp. The gains are from new intake and exhaust systems, as well as tweaks to the engine management. The flat-six, which revs to 9,000 rpm, is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch PDK automatic gearbox. Like before, there’s no manual option. The GT3 RS accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, which is a tenth faster than the car it replaces. Top speed is up slightly from 310 to 312 km/h. Autocar reports that the engine actually develops more power than is claimed and could have been homologated at 530 hp, but Porsche decided to err on … [Read more...] about 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

This is the next Porsche GT3 RS; the final version of the 991-era car. It’s very fast, very green… and revealed before Porsche would have liked. It’s yet another leak, picked up when Australian web magazine Drive posted these images along with details of the new 520-horsepower, 9000rpm monster. Apparently they weren’t supposed to, because the article was taken down – but not before the rest of the world got their grubby mitts on the contents of the piece. The Internet is a Pandora’s Box, and once it’s open and something is out there, there’s not much you can do to keep it secret. Ah, well. Porsche’s frustration is your gain, this time, because the details are juicy. The 4.0-litre flat-six has been tickled into coughing up an extra 20 horses courtesy of a higher rev ceiling, and that 513bhp peak shaves a tenth of a second off the car’s 0-62mph launch time. It’ll now smash through that barrier in just 3.2 seconds. … [Read more...] about The New 513bhp Porsche 911 GT3 RS Has Been Leaked